“…Many isolates and species found in Turkey provide vast opportunities for conducting fundamental studies with nematodes as well as for use in biological control programs against a number of soil pests (Hazir et al, 2003a). Several surveys in Turkey have been conducted and have isolated several species belonging to the families Steinernematidae and the Heterorhabditidae (Ozer et al, 1995;Kepenekci, 2002;Hazir et al, 2003a;Kepenekci and Susurluk, 2003; et Yılmaz et al, 2009;Gokce et al, 2013;Erbaş et al, 2014) (Ansari et al, 2003) and many entomopathogenic nematodes have been tested for their biological control activity against various economically important pests such as white grubs (Shapiro-Ilan et al, 2002;Nermut et al, 2012). Five Steinernema species, namely S. glaseri (Steiner, 1929), S. arenarium (S. anomali) (Artyukhovsky, 1967), S. feltiae (Filipjev, 1934), S. kushidai (Mamiya, 1988), and S. scarabei (Stock and Koppenhöfer, 2003), have been shown to have a parasitic effect on certain insects worldwide.…”